"Gen Con has been in Indianapolis since 2003 and has signed an extension with Visit Indy through 2020. Below are the upcoming show dates..."

Meh.

Most such contracts include stipulations that allow them to be broken without penalty if major legal changes impact the event.

How would they actually know if anyone was a gay couple?

I doubt very many hotels and restaurants are going to be throwing out the Gencon gays if this comes to pass. The law would be unnecessary if people BOTH SIDES would be respectful of other peoples differences.

It's actually pretty easy to tell when people are a couple. Holding hands, a quick peck on the lips, an arm around the waist, a soft touch on the shoulder...there are a thousand little signs of affection that straight couples routinely engage in that gay couples have to refrain from if they want to fly under the radar. It's not a minor imposition. That said, I'm basically in favor of the right to discriminate unless there's an overwhelming culture of discrimination that needs to be broken, and that's fortunately not the case anymore. Still, it's important not to minimize the impact on the people being discriminated against.

GenCon wants to pretend this will actually matter to their attendees.

There are two sides, indeed.

The side of two people just wanting to live their lives the way they want with no outside influence

and

The bigots.

Substitute "black" for "gay" and see where that takes you. Its a similar thing.

Except, it actually does matter to their attendees. Being forward thinkers, gamers, and generally good people.

Except for the fact that dating and having sex are behaviors whereas being black is not a behavior. Also, it's a lot easier to tell if someone is black just by looking at them.

Ah. Here's the disconnect. "Gay" isn't a behavior. Its innate. People don't "choose" gayness. They are gay. Its intrinsic to them.

Even if homosexuality was a choice, this would still be hypocritical as hell.

The "religious freedom" bullshit justification for this crap is what annoys me the most. If someone were to refuse to sell a wedding cake to an interfaith couple or a couple of a different religion, absolutely no one would stand for it, despite that falling under religious freedom just as much as this does.

I didn't say that. I said having sex with or a relationship with or otherwise expressing affection towards another person is a behavior - which it is. I did not say that anyone chose to be gay, and pointing out that gay people tend to engage (surprise) in affectionate behavior with the same sex does not imply that being gay is a choice. You can stop pretending you're pointing out that it's not a choice right now, because no one was either unaware of that or implying that it was.

So gay people can just not show any outward signs of affection while in public. That seems fair.

As for your comparison, I don't really see why we should provide protection to interracial couples either. If someone really wants to turn away customers, let them lose the money and let the protests ensue.

As for your comparison, I don't really see why we should provide protection to interracial couples either. If someone really wants to turn away customers, let them lose the money and let the protests ensue.

Because the South.

The problem is businesses in a lot of areas actually have "legitimate" reasons to refuse service to black people, or more specifically young black males. Statistically, they are far more likely to cheat you, rob/assault you, or otherwise steal from you, so you have a pretty good business incentive to simply blanket refuse service to avoid having to deal with the problems. The result is the honest black individuals that don't fit the thug stereotype get unjustly excluded from everywhere simply because of their skin color.

So your counterargument is your own form of bigoted stereotyping?

You deny that racism still exists in the South?

There are two sides, indeed.

The side of two people just wanting to live their lives the way they want with no outside influence

and

The bigots.

Substitute "black" for "gay" and see where that takes you. Its a similar thing.